Even now, according to the Rape Abuse and Incest National Network, 94 percent of rapists never serve jail time. The two men who raped me are with that majority. My nightmares are filled with images them succumbing to their desperate and pathetic need for power and control over women. It is for those other women and for myself that I tell you my story. I am a survivor, I am speaking out, and I am not alone.

41. Warren JeffsJeffs, the creepy leader of the polygamist Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, is a grade-A shitbird — he reportedly described Hurricane Katrina as an answer to his prayers — and so nobody was surprised when he was finally convicted, in 2007, of being an accessory to child rape. (That case also exposed a hideous loophole in the Arizona laws against incest — they only apply to those over 18.) That should’ve been the end of the road, except that according to a recent Salt Lake Tribune story, Jeff’s diaries indicate that he’s retained a hold over his followers from jail. To be continued? We hope not.

Man of mischief Let’s see if I can fill a whole column by making jokes about violent sex offenders.

Walk against sexual violence April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and you can help acknowledge the month by helping raise much-needed funds for the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center (BARCC).

Unchecked power and secrecy — not gays — are the church’s problem Presenting more evidence that it just doesn't get it, the Vatican recently issued new so-called, "psychological screening guidelines" to weed out priest candidates with "psychopathic disorders," but only those related to sexual misconduct — specifically homosexuality.

Dirty Harry goes to church: Clint and Catholicism In Mystic River , Clint Eastwood examined the damage to a close-knit group of Boston friends, years after one of them was sexually abused by a stranger, in a film depicting the power of sexual abuse with Catholic overtones.

COOKING WITH STEAM | February 24, 2010 While most of us find the clang and bang of old radiators an annoying aspect of living in an old building, composer Travis Ramsey thought they sounded like music.

TUBA SONG | February 17, 2010 Dan Hunter wants you to know that a tuba is more than an oom-pah-pah machine or the big, shiny bell in the back of the orchestra. To Hunter, the tuba is a storyteller, an opera singer, and a melodic instrument.

HE IS A REAL COMPOSER | October 07, 2009 Joshua Newton wants you to know he doesn't write classical music.

CLASSICAL INHERITANCE | September 30, 2009 A teacher told me years ago that someday "you young people will inherit classical music. Then you can do with it what you want." And so I've been waiting.

STRING VACATION | July 08, 2009 With the Portland Symphony's elimination of its popular, but debt-inducing, Independence Pops concert series, Portlanders will have to travel a little farther to satisfy their classical-music appetites this summer. But it will be well worth the mileage.